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  • Callahan v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Polices and Bonds

    90 Mass. App. Ct. 196 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 12, 2016

    As explained in Stockman v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 62 Mass. App. … See Commonwealth v. Maloney, 447 Mass. 577, 584 (2006). See also Burke v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liab. Policies & Bonds, 90 Mass. App. Ct.

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  • R.C. Management Corp. v. Planning Board of Southbridge

    31 Mass. App. Ct. 510 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 6, 1991

    See Corcoran v. Planning Bd. of Sudbury, 406 Mass. 248, 251-252 (1989). … Lawrence v. Falzarano, 380 Mass. 18 , 25 n.10 (1980). Perini Corp. v. Building Inspector of N. Andover, 7 Mass. App. Ct. 72 , 78 n.9 (1979). See also Finlay v. Eastern Racing Assn., 308 Mass. 20, 27 (1941).

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  • Boston Gas Co. v. Board of Assessors of Boston

    82 Mass. App. Ct. 517 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Oct 3, 2012

    The board’s expertise in this regard is entitled to “some deference,” Koch v. … See, e.g., Assessors of Lynnfield v. New England Oyster House, Inc., 362 Mass. 696 , 700 n.2 (1972), citing New Brunswick v. New Jersey Div. of Tax Appeals, 39 N.J. 537, 546 (1963); Assessors of Lynn v.

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  • King v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Chatham

    30 Mass. App. Ct. 938 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 18, 1991

    L. c. 40A, § 6, subdivision plans meeting certain conditions are governed by the zoning law in effect at the time of the first submission of the plan to the planning board. … Ipswich, 395 Mass. 757, 760 (1985), quoting from Lexington v. Bedford, 378 Mass. 562, 570 (1979). Steven S. DeYoung for the plaintiff. Bruce P. Gilmore, Town Counsel, for the defendant.

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  • McKenna v. Begin

    5 Mass. App. Ct. 304 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 11, 1977

    See Academy Spires, Inc. v. Brown, 111 N.J. Super. 477, 484 (1970). It is unlikely that McKenna could have afforded $840 to remedy the major violations found in this case. … See Green v. Superior Court, 10 Cal. 3d at 639, n.24, citing with approval Academy Spires, Inc. v. Brown , 111 N.J. Super, at 477, and Morbeth Realty Corp. v. Rosenshine, 67 Misc. 2d 325 (N.Y. Civ. Ct. 1971).

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  • SUNPIN ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, & Another v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF PETERSHAM

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 9, 2025

    Williams v. Board of Appeals of Norwell, 490 Mass. 684 , 689 (2022). … See Fitzsimonds v. Board of Appeals of Chatham, 21 Mass. App.

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  • Secretary of Administration & Finance v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board

    81 Mass. App. Ct. 81 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 3, 2012

    Boston Police Superior Officers Fedn. v. … Brown, 432 Mass. 1015, 1015 (2000), cited by the union, is inapposite. There, the court held that the aggrieved party ran afoul of the statutory requirement of G.

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  • KATHERINE DANT & Another v. MOBILE HOME RENT CONTROL BOARD OF CHICOPEE & Another

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 15, 2025

    See Veksler v. Board of Registration in Dentistry, 429 Mass. 650, 652 (1999), quoting Pinecrest Village, Inc. v. … No. 10800 v.

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  • Prescott v. Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies & Bonds

    42 Mass. App. Ct. 36 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 10, 1997

    The Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds (board) upheld the surcharge, but on Prescott’s appeal under G. … Unlike the regulations involved in DiLoreto v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 383 Mass. 243 , 244-245 n.3 (1981), 5 and one of the regulations 6 discussed in Yazbek v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Walsh v. Planning Bd. of Dennis

    95 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 17, 2019

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  • 285 Lynn Shore Drive Condominium Trust v. Automatic Sprinkler Appeals Board

    47 Mass. App. Ct. 437 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 29, 1999

    Board of Appeals of Rockport v. DeCarolis, 32 Mass. App. Ct. 348, 353 (1992). 3. Exemption under G. L. c. 148. … Co. v. James, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 559, 564-565 (1995) (Brown, J., concurring).

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  • McLellan v. Commissioner of Correction

    29 Mass. App. Ct. 933 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 13, 1990

    The printed forms used for the board’s decisions state: “The inmate has been advised of the board’s decision and a copy of this document has been delivered to the inmate. . . . … See Brown v. Quinn, 406 Mass. 641, 643-645 (1990). Compare Eli & Bessie Cohen Hillel Academy, Inc. v.

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  • Doe v. Boston Medical Center Corp.

    88 Mass. App. Ct. 289 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 9, 2015

    BROWN, J. … Epstein v. Board of Appeal of Boston, 77 Mass. App. Ct. 2 Consoli was later convicted of indecent assault and battery and assault and battery for his actions. See Commonwealth v. Consoli, 82 Mass. App.

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  • Ret. Bd. of Watertown v. Deignan

    95 Mass. App. Ct. 1104 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 21, 2019

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  • Carstensen v. ZONING BD. OF APPEALS, CAMBRIDGE

    11 Mass. App. Ct. 348 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 13, 1981

    Brown, J. This appeal is from two final judgments entered in the Land Court. … See Rice v. Board of Appeals of Dennis, 342 Mass. at 500, 501-502 ; Sandberg v. Board of Appeals of Taunton, 349 Mass. 769 (1965); P & D Serv. Co. v.

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  • Cambridge Housing Authority v. Civil Service Commission

    7 Mass. App. Ct. 586 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 17, 1979

    Brown, J. The plaintiff, Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA), brought this action in the nature of certiorari, pursuant to G. … Thus, the sole question before the commission in reaching its decision to reverse the action of the board was whether CHA’s action was justified. See Sullivan v.

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  • J.W., Sex Offender Registry Board No. 25324 v. Sex Offender Registry Board.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 4, 2026

    No. 10800 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 459 Mass. 603, 637 (2011); Doe, Sex Offender Registry Bd. No. 10216 v. … No. 10800 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 459 Mass. 603, 630-631 (2011).

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  • Gallitano v. BD. OF SURVEY PLANNING OF WALTHAM

    10 Mass. App. Ct. 269 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 14, 1980

    BOARD OF SURVEY AND PLANNING OF WALTHAM. Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex. March 12, 1980. July 14, 1980. Present: ARMSTRONG, BROWN, & KASS, JJ. Robert J. Brophy, Assistant City Solicitor, for the defendant. … If not a conscious choice, but merely an omission, it is probably one beyond the power of a planning board to rectify: for a planning board controls development principally *273 through its regulations, Canter v.

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  • Wood Waste of Boston, Inc. v. Board of Health of Everett

    52 Mass. App. Ct. 330 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 24, 2001

    The present case is unlike TBI, Inc. v. Board of Health of N. … Compare Cohen v. Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 350 Mass. 246, 253 (1966).

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  • Gloria Sharyon Brown v. Vero Healthcare.

    Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 25, 2023

    Co. v. Wilkerson, 91 Mass. App. Ct. 276, 283 (2017), and "some leniency is appropriate" for self-represented litigants, Mmoe v. … Lindsay v. Romano, 427 Mass. 771, 774 (1998), quoting McGuinness v. Cotter, 412 Mass. 617, 627 (1992).

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